The effects of ovariectomy and estrogen replacement on trkA and choline acetyltransferase mRNA expression in the basal forebrain of the adult female Sprague-Dawley rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1860-1865

  McMilian, Pamela J ^a,b   Singer, Cherie A ^a   Dorsa, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

basal forebrain; ChAT; cholinergic neurons; estrogen; neurotrophins; trkA

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029915861     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-05-01860.1996     Document Type: Article

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